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Not seeing David and Rachel in 1891 at the moment. Here they are in 1881 and although David gives the same birthplace, his birthyear is different

Name: David Cockburn
Age: 36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Rachel Cockburn
Gender: Male
Where born: Dunse, Berwickshire
Registration Number: 735
Registration district: Dunse
Civil parish: Dunse
County: Berwickshire
Address: 40 Easter Street
Occupation: Labourer General
ED: 3
Household schedule number: 56
Line: 10
Roll: cssct1881_308
Household Members: Name Age
David Cockburn 36
Rachel Cockburn 38
Robert Blythe 72
John Forrest 50

1901 Census

Name: John Cockburn
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: David Cockburn
Mother's Name: Rachel Cockburn
Gender: Male
Where born: Duns, Berwickshire
Registration Number: 735
Registration district: Duns
Civil parish: Duns
County: Berwickshire
Address: 24 South St
Occupation: Occasional Postman
ED: 2
Household schedule number: 63
Line: 10
Roll: CSSCT1901_413
Household Members: Name Age
David Cockburn 51 Mason's Labourer, b. Duns
Rachel Cockburn 59 b. Earlston, Berwickshire
John Cockburn 16

What information do you have from his birth certificate please? Did his father sign too? What was his mother's occupation please?

Have found his marriage certificate so now have names. Thanks for hint to look at marriage certificate. Used Cockburn on M/C. David & Rachel as parents, so that gives me that information.

Now if only I could find his natural mother that easily in the records, lol.

Will keep plodding along.

Thanks fo rhelp.
Viv

I know it wasn't a legal adoption but would still like to know who took him in, is there any way to find out.
Might try to find his wife's family - maybe someone there has information on them.
Will start trawling through Rae family to find Elizabeth too.

Thanks.

What name did he use when he married?

What names did he give for his 'parents'?

No such thing as legal adoption until the 1920's

Any arrangement would have been informal

My Grandfather was born John Duncan Rae, to Elizabeth Rae in DUNS Berwickshire on 11/8/1884. I have his birth certificate.
Would be grateful for any information on how to find out :
who adopted him
where his mother worked as the family story is it was boss' son who was father
Thanks for any help.

Viv